Current view: Data table and detailed info
The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2011 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.
Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species') at the site:
Species |
Red List |
Season (year/s of estimate) |
Size |
IBA criteria |
Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa |
NT |
resident (1995) |
10,000–15,000 pairs |
B2 |
Black-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles orientalis |
LC |
winter (2009) |
15–30 birds |
C6 |
Black-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles orientalis |
LC |
resident (2009) |
3–6 pairs |
C6 |
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax |
NT |
resident (2010) |
600–1,000 birds |
A1, B2, C1, C6 |
Eurasian Thick-knee Burhinus oedicnemus |
LC |
resident (2009) |
600–1,500 pairs |
A4i, B1i, B2, C2, C6 |
Short-toed Snake-eagle Circaetus gallicus |
LC |
breeding (2006) |
9–13 pairs |
C6 |
Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata |
LC |
non-breeding (2006) |
3–10 birds |
C2 |
Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus |
LC |
breeding (2010) |
15–30 pairs |
C6 |
European Bee-eater Merops apiaster |
LC |
breeding (1995) |
850 pairs |
B2 |
European Roller Coracias garrulus |
LC |
breeding (2006) |
85–105 pairs |
A1, B2, C1, C2, C6 |
Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra |
LC |
resident (2006) |
2,800–7,700 pairs |
C2 |
Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2011. The most recent assessment (2008) is shown below.
IBA conservation assessment |
Year of assessment |
State |
Pressure |
Response |
2008 |
not assessed |
very high |
very low |
Whole site assessed? |
State assessed by |
Accuracy of information |
|
yes |
unset |
poor |
|
Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
Artificial/Terrestrial |
85 |
Arable land; Perennial crops, orchards and groves; Other urban and industrial areas |
Forest |
10 |
Broadleaved deciduous woodland; Native coniferous woodland; Mixed woodland; Alluvial and very wet forest; Broadleaved evergreen woodland |
Grassland |
5 |
Steppes and dry calcareous grassland |
Shrubland |
5 |
Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis |
Wetlands (inland) |
1 |
Rivers and streams; Water fringe vegetation |
Land use |
% of IBA |
hunting |
100 |
agriculture |
90 |
forestry |
10 |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lerida steppes (Spain). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lerida-steppes-iba-spain on 24/12/2024.